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Children

2006, Movie, 1h 33min

Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Fighting a losing battle with her ex-husband for custody over her three daughters, she is oblivious to what’s going on with her twelve year old Gudmund, a victim of brutal bullying at school and whose life is on the fast track to destruction. Gudmund’s only friend in the world is Marinó, a schizophrenic in his fourties who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marinó starts to lose grip on reality.

Country: Iceland

Director:

Ragnar Bragason

Cast:

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson,

Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson,

Gísli Örn Garðarsson,

Kristbjörg Kjeld

Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup

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...krydrer sit krasse socialrealistiske indhold med stort overskud både blandt skuespillere og i instruktørstolen.

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In the gritty streets of Reykjavik, a struggling single mother tries to keep her four children afloat amidst poverty, bullying, and a toxic ex-husband threatening to take custody. Her son, a victim of brutal bullying, finds solace in an unlikely friendship with a schizophrenic neighbor, while the mother's criminal ex-boyfriend tries to change his ways and reconnect with his son, but it proves harder than he thought.

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